Canadian naval units in Britain to be increased
Commodore L W Murray announced a surge of Canadian ships to Britain as spring ice clears. Up to 50 corvettes and escorts will be built for anti submarine and minesweeping duties, with about half crossing the Atlantic. The new establishment also includes a training depot and 420 Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Murray
Royal Canadian Naval
United Kingdom
Canada
St. Lawrence
Murray
Atlantic
FLC
Crash Kills Twelve In Trans-Canada Flight Near Armstrong
A Trans-Canada Airlines passenger plane crashed near Armstrong Ontario in the early morning, killing twelve people. The dead include three crew members Captain W. E. Twiss First Officer C. E. Lloyd and stewardess Miss M. G. Mayne, and nine passengers from Vancouver Toronto Winnipeg Ottawa and Victoria. The disaster stands as Canada’s worst aviation accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Harlowe
Ottawa
E. C. Manning
Victoria
J. F. Freer
Winnipeg
I. E. Davidson
Vancouver
W. E. Twiss
C. E. Lloyd
M. G. Mayne
Chinese 35th Army rushed to defend Waichow against Japanese drive
Chinese despatches say crack units of the 35th army, famed in Kwangsi against the Japanese, are being moved to the Waichow defense as a Japanese thrust moves northeast from Mirs Bay toward Tam Shui and Wai Chow. Reported seizure of salt, gasoline, tires, and tobacco at Tam Shui.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Kwangsi Province
Waichow
Mirs Bay
Tamshui
Dowding Seeks 400 Mile Pursuit Ships for U S Makers
Aviation circles report Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding former RAF fighter chief is appealing to United States manufacturers for 400 mile an hour pursuit ships equipped with 2.5 millimetre cannon to pierce heavy German aircraft armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugh Dowding
Royal Air Force
United States
Civilian casualties on Malta rise from air raids
Civilian deaths from January air raids on Valletta Malta total 63 with 19 seriously injured. Since Italy entered the war 132 killed and 218 seriously injured, 26 fatally.
Italians learn they have more land than they can manage
The passage notes that Italians, similar to farmers in past years, are discovering the challenge of owning more land than they can effectively oversee. It frames land management as a growing issue affecting both groups and hints at broader agricultural concerns.
taxes paid in eight instalments raise wartime revenue
Ottawa reports over 80 000 Canadians used the eight monthly instalment plan for 1940 income tax and more than 20 000 paid in January. Revenue Minister Colin Gibson said January 1941 collections reached about 35 million dollars with many mails still unopened. Ontario led receipts with 52 695 payments, Quebec 29 821, and other provinces totaling 55 million from 109 063 taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Colin Gibson
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Washington confirms Illustrious Arrives at Alexandria after Malta crossing
Secretary Frank Knox disclosed at a press briefing that the British carrier Illustrious survived a direct 1,000 pound bomb hit with about 80 men killed and 20 planes destroyed. The ship reached Alexandria under its own power from Malta, proving surface ships bear risk of heavy bombing without full fighter protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Millustrious
Alexandria
Egypt
Malta
Mediterranean
Britain
Knox
Montreal Opens First Air Raid Shelter Amid War Prep
Prepared For Emergency Montreal reports Montreal has its first air raid shelter, built by a west end landlord between two homes with foundation walls forming side walls. A nine inch reinforced steel and concrete roof tops the shelter, cost estimated between 100 and 150 dollars, with three more nearing completion. Sand bags on house roofs served as incendiary protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Divert Food Supplies German Agents In Prague Complain Of Large Scale Sabotage
German agricultural agents in Prague complain of large scale sabotage of food supplies for Germany, BBC reports. Thousands of pigs cattle and other livestock are said to have been secretly slaughtered while grain and meat were hidden, preventing delivery to Germany last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
London
Germany
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Payment to Beet Growers in Red River Valley
Cheques totaling over $50,000 were mailed to sugar beet growers in the Red River valley. The payment adds 50 cents per ton for the 1940 Manitoba beet crop, bringing total beet grower payments for the year to more than $550,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Red River Valley
Manitoba
Opposition to Nazi Regime Surges in Norway
Oslo reports reveal continued resistance to Nazi rule in May with street fighting in western Norway. Quisling’s Hirden clashed with Norwegians in Aalesund and Bergen area, hundreds arrested, secret police raided opposition meetings, and labor and Communist leaders were seized. Sabotage persists despite German efforts and mass arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Oslo
Pidkun
Canadian air squadrons to go overseas soon
Ottawa reports that 25 new Canadian squads, formed from British Commonwealth air training plan graduates, may be deployed to defend Britain within months. Initial units will train in the United Kingdom on fast fighters and long-range bombers before entering Royal Air Force command. Canadian crews to be dispatched overseas by September. pay and uniforms align with Royal Canadian Air Force standards with Canada shoulder patches and R.C.A.F. badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Britain
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
L. F. Stevenson
Regina
Royal Canadian Air Force
Defence
Ralston
England
Canada
They Dot the Desert Expands Training Plan Details
In a capital speech the prime minister announced the training plan will open all projects and schools by September, eight months ahead of schedule. Air force strength aims to double to 72,000 with 4,000 planes, subject to Empire pupil additions and 10,000 air crew trainees. 36 flying schools are active, 33 more to open by Sept 1, and the unfinished program covers multiple training schools including elementary to air navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.A.F
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Manitoba dog driver joins Royal Canadian Air Force
Leland Abbott from The Pas Manitoba, famed for driving seven huskies to the 1938 New York World's Fair, reported at an RCAF recruiting center and cancelled a U S tour to join the force. He plans to take huskies to aid Finland if allowed, but relief leaders redirected him to fundraising in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Leland Abbott
Pas
Manitoba
Royal Canadian Air Force
Abbott
United States
RCAF
Finland
Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Belgians Fight to Recover Large Cold Shipment
The Belgian government in exile seeks to attach French funds in New York to recover about 260 million dollars in gold sent to France for safekeeping during the Nazi invasion. Theunis, London representative, details a complex transit of gold from Africa to Paris Bordeaux Dakar and probable transfer to Germany, with Belgian reserves totaling around 700 million. The London government plans to arm for the Belgian Congo as British war supplies are reinforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Belgium
Georges Theunis
United States
London
Africa
Theunis
Bank of France
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Paris
Bordeaux
Rene Boel
Dakar
Europe
Belgian Congo
New System of Recruiting for R C A F Announced
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Air Force adopts a staged recruitment system. Recruits with applications will enlist and receive leave without pay until training begins, wearing a special lapel button. They will be told their enlistment date and when to report, with earlier reporting possible if vacancies occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Force
Air Minister
Power
Montreal
R.C.A.F
Gift From Stockmen at 55th Meeting Approves Donation
Members of the Cana dian Shorthorn Association at their 55th annual meeting approve a contribution of 2500 or 3000 dollars to the British Shorthorn Association for an ambulance or a field kitchen purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Germans in Eritrea pushed back by British
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that a German motorized company with Italian forces was driven back by the British into Eritrea. The unit, said to be formed by four German commanders last fall, was cited in a broadcast heard by National Broadcasting Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Eritrea
Policy Of Peace In Pacific Press Statement
Japanese Consul-General Akiyama told Melbourne that Japan supplies Australia with items essential to war activities including materials for service uniforms electrical equipment and machine tools He said trade with Australia is growing and noted Nippon Kaisen steamship line will add three 10000 ton liners in the Japanese Australian service as a sign of friendship and peace promotion in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Akiyama
Japan
N.K. Steamship Line
Pacific
Compulsory Wool Grading to Begin in Canada
A. A. McMillan of the Dominion Department of Agriculture announced that compulsory wool grading will take effect April 1. Grading stations will be established in all wool growing districts and housed in wool warehouses, operated at minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
A. A. McMillan
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Dominion Department
Germans Seize Property in Vichy Occupied Zone
German authorities in Paris announced a decree seizing property of subjects of the British Empire, Egypt, the Sudan and Iraq in the occupied zone. The inventory was made with the chamber of commerce, and properties owned by Jews would be confiscated outright. other properties would be administered by Germany until a final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Paris
Egypt
Sudan
Iraq
Chamber of Commerce
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